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It doesn't have any physical importance, or at least didn't have any. Hell, the pagans used to house their idols in the original building. Unfortunately, the uneducated masses of today's times would scream blood hell. The Kabah's purpose is purely symbolic, there isn't even anything inside.

The most important thing there is the black meteorite embedded in a corner of the box. If the meteorite was destroyed, they could rebuild the box but I'm not sure where they would get another "heavenly" black meteorite.

yeah it's kind of like the Vatican. It symbolizes Catholic Christianity but it has nothing really to do with Jesus--he never saw it or even visited Rome. At least with the Kaaba, Muhammad actually visited it...

The Vatican is significant due to the political history of the early Christian church, the rise in the power of the Bishop of Rome (since Rome was the political capital of an empire, which was used to spread Christianity once the Emperors converted), and was originally one of five major patriarchs of about equal status in antiquity. In that way, its importance is completely different from Mecca or the Kaaba--it's a consequence of politics and history, not of theology.

Also, note that the Vatican only has special meaning for Roman Catholics; for Eastern Orthodox Christians, and Christians of other denominations which were never part of the Catholic church, and for Protestants (who explicitly raised the specter of "Papism" or "Romanism" as a danger in various times and places after the Reformation), the Vatican is of no special significance--Mecca, on the other hand, is important to all Muslims.

I'd be so pissed if I was Muslim and found out that was the idol I'd been praying to all my life, just an empty room. At least the Vatican has spectacle and great art. Mohammad was determined to get Mecca the tourist trade. And he did. Even though there's nothing to see.

PRAAAAAAAAAISE HOUDINI, HE IS THE SAVIOR OF ALL HUMANS. ONLY THROUGH HOUDINI CAN YOU ENTER THE GATES OF HOUVEN. REPENT FOR YOUR SINS OR BE CAST INTO HOUL TO TOIL IN THE FLAMES FOR ALL INFINITY... AND BEYOND!

Isn't the stone outside the big cube? In that corner that look like a silver toilet? I remember that in school they taught us that the stone was important because Muslims believed that it was a white stone but it absorbed the sins of humanity and because of that it turned black, like a mineral Jesus.

the weird thing is that most muslims dont know much about its importance. Its just a perfunctory ritual thats all there is to it. Its supposed to be done at least once in one's life if they are able. It increases your chances in getting to heaven.

"We are the Muslims. Lower your shields and surrender your ships. We will add your biological and technological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will adapt to service us. Resistance is futile."

A meteorite that is worshiped. Apparently some kind of alien presence. The black stone has been placed in a silver vagina and devout Muslims perform cunnilingus on it. http://www.crystalinks.com/blackstone.html

long term...the religion will recover with people making pilgrimage to visit the crater where the 'black box' used to be...and they'll never, ever forget.

now...if someone were to manage to surreptitiously nudge a weency wittle NEAR juuuust enough to smack into the box during the main pilgrimage holiday...well...that'd be pretty awful, but the short and long term effects would be very interesting

I disagree they would be pissed for sure and Muslims the world over would organize a counter strike... until the first prayer time rolled around. They would pull out their little yoga mats and turn towards mecca but their guidance systems would not be able to detect the box and they would keep spinning in confusion in a endless loop. This would be the scene in mosques around the world... and then the gungans would ruin apps pushing them over and we would have a big parade with Natalie

Well, if secret thrusters were attached to the space rock and it guided there maybe theyd think their god was trying to send a message that they no longer should act the way they do. Things might change for the better. Lets do it... For science.

Well, the backlash when a bunch of half crazed zealots shot up that mother fucker was pretty bad. Saudi security and military held the place under siege for 2 weeks and left 255 people dead. Source Yes, it's wiki, but it's fairly accurate historically.

One of the grandchildren of the founders of Saudi Arabia, the guy was 100% born and bred, named after Muhammed, lays siege to holiest site in Islam, killing 8-bits of people and the Gov't still blames American Imperialism and Zionism? damn, we can't do anything right.

Massive anger and confusion in the Muslim world. Huge protests, riots and Islamist revolutions everywhere. Another Arab-Israeli War. A huge spike in terror attacks against the US and other western countries. A lot of bullshit rationalization as to why Allah did not protect his holy cube. The US and maybe NATO will find itself involved in a number of new conflicts throughout the muslim world. Worst case scenario: WW3

Not if we pull off a Watchmen plan on their ass. We simultaneously nuke the cube, the vatican, the church of LDS's castle and Tom Cruise's house. Leave vague evidence its aliens. Oh shit, intelligent life on another planet, maybe our religions are stupid. Problem solved. There might be a few holes in this plot, but I'll leave that for other's to fix.

Yeah why do you think they've been abducting people all this time, anal probe bullshit? They're just practicing their abduction techniques for when they need to abduct all the inspirational speakers at the same time.

Well yeah. Some people are going to want to fight the alien. Others are going to want to suck whatever tentacle most closely resembles its dick and beg for mercy. Others will revere them as gods and fight to defend them, hoping to win a place by their side as the "chosen ones" of the planet.

Even facing an alien apocalypse we'd spend more time fighting each other than the Reapers.

One way to do it is false flag. Give the blame to some "high-ranking" islamist. It's easy and been done countless times in the past. Now the muslims would get confused and not do anything or attack their own.

Are you kidding. They (extremists) already think everything is a Zionist/western conspiracy against them, even the shit their own governments do to them. No need to enact an actual conspiracy that would still get blamed on the west anyway.

When did atheism entail anything other than not believing in God? You're going to have atheists that tolerate religion and others that do not. Just because people share the same lack of belief as you does not mean that they subscribe to your other ideals or philosophies.

Someone try to estimate the wave of violence and extremism that would transpire if the Kaaba was destroyed. It would be the perfect justification in their minds to kill any thing they want. We know how Islamists react to cartoons and videos, imagine how they would react to this.

Its like if you had a acquaintance that was really really attached to his/her car. This person loves that car, but you, as someone that doesn't have a car, keep on insulting him/her on how he uses too much gas and how its useless etc. He gets angry and stops talking to you. Then one day you walk up to the car, graffiti it, push it onto oncoming traffic and watch it get totaled. What happens next, I don't know, but it would invlove some form of a shit-storm of rage.